Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to determine foaling rates in mares presented for medical or surgical treatment of colic, and to examine risk factors associated with abortion following colic. A retrospective analysis of 153 medical records found that mares treated surgically for colic (P = 0.0007) were 3.5 times more likely to have a negative pregnancy outcome than were mares treated medically for colic. Anesthetic time (P = 0.01) and intra-operative hypotension (P = 0.03) were significantly associated with negative pregnancy outcome. Mares with an anesthetic time > or = 3 h were 6 times more likely to abort. Signs of endotoxemia (P = 0.30), hypoxia (P = 0.89), flunixin meglumine administration (P = 0.13), mucous membrane color at the time of presentation (P = 0.82) and capillary refill time (P = 0.76) were not associated with pregnancy outcome. There was no difference in the foaling rate for mares that had received progestin supplementation versus those that had not (P = 0.42). In this study, the significant risk factors for abortion were surgically treated colic, long anesthetic time, and intraoperative hypotension.
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Authors | Tracey S Chenier, Ashley E Whitehead |
Journal | The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
(Can Vet J)
Vol. 50
Issue 5
Pg. 481-5
(May 2009)
ISSN: 0008-5286 [Print] Canada |
PMID | 19436632
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Abortion, Veterinary
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Anesthesia
(adverse effects, veterinary)
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Colic
(physiopathology, surgery, therapy, veterinary)
- Female
- Horse Diseases
(physiopathology, surgery, therapy)
- Horses
- Hypotension
(physiopathology, veterinary)
- Hypoxia
(physiopathology, veterinary)
- Intraoperative Complications
(veterinary)
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
(veterinary)
- Pregnancy Outcome
(veterinary)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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